1 . Austrian biologist Johannes Fritz has dedicated his career to helping northern bald ibises (鹮). This rare species of bird was
Fritz guided the first group of ibises in 2004.
Using a three-wheeled vehicle, Fritz
Some may wonder how Fritz is able to teach the birds in his flying machine, and why the ibises
| A．free | B．normal | C．numerous | D．extinct |
| A．reintroduction | B．reservation | C．resistance | D．resolution |
| A．sunshine | B．temperatures | C．plants | D．dangers |
| A．offered | B．passed | C．taught | D．spared |
| A．America | B．China | C．Spain | D．Italy |
| A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．Instead | D．However |
| A．colonies | B．species | C．paths | D．biologists |
| A．released | B．hunted | C．captured | D．spotted |
| A．possible | B．easy | C．temporary | D．partial |
| A．method | B．route | C．home | D．machine |
| A．refuse | B．overcome | C．avoid | D．challenge |
| A．put off | B．took off | C．shook off | D．kept off |
| A．measures | B．expands | C．lasts | D．explores |
| A．faster | B．longer | C．wider | D．higher |
| A．travel | B．object | C．drive | D．stick |
| A．long-distance | B．first-rate | C．high-speed | D．one-way |
| A．choose | B．promise | C．offer | D．struggle |
| A．complex | B．magical | C．simple | D．mysterious |
| A．changing | B．fighting | C．studying | D．feeding |
| A．luckily | B．willingly | C．surprisingly | D．easily |
2 . When my wife and I were about to board a flight, a woman at the gate suddenly became ill.
I came back from the restroom and sat down next to my wife. She
I introduced myself as a chiropractor (按摩师) and
I took her hand in one hand and
I asked her if she needed a wheelchair to board the
I explained her condition quickly. With my
Don’t be afraid to listen to
| A．whispered | B．replied | C．pointed | D．sighed |
| A．difficult | B．funny | C．wrong | D．ordinary |
| A．balance | B．ability | C．way | D．control |
| A．asking | B．wondering | C．hoping | D．expecting |
| A．realized | B．learned | C．guessed | D．found |
| A．determined | B．able | C．anxious | D．willing |
| A．patted | B．touched | C．supported | D．covered |
| A．explained | B．described | C．expressed | D．admitted |
| A．pain | B．sunlight | C．suffering | D．stress |
| A．Therefore | B．However | C．Instead | D．Besides |
| A．right | B．normal | C．fine | D．great |
| A．report | B．test | C．explanation | D．evidence |
| A．ship | B．train | C．plane | D．bus |
| A．ask | B．request | C．offer | D．provide |
| A．except for | B．thanks to | C．due to | D．according to |
| A．refused | B．promised | C．allowed | D．accepted |
| A．comfort | B．assistance | C．confidence | D．suggestion |
| A．Clearly | B．Hopefully | C．Finally | D．Fortunately |
| A．patients | B．friends | C．strangers | D．adults |
| A．sometimes | B．always | C．hardly | D．never |
Holidays are not necessarily for fun or rest. Doing something meaningful can also gain special pleasure. When the final bell rang, the students were reminded that there was no school on Monday—the Labor Day. “Enjoy your extra day off” said the teacher to her class.
An extra day off unsuited Kayla just fine. She loved breaks. She wanted to go out to play with her friends. When the school bus dropped Kayla off, she ran into the house happily.
“How was school, Kayla?” asked her mom.
“It was great, Mom. I am excited about no school on Monday.”
“You just started back to school two weeks ago. Already in need of a break, huh?” asked Kayla’s mom with a laugh.
Kayla slept in the next morning. Saturday was her favorite day of the week. I trained most of the day, so Kayla enjoyed playing videogames inside. On Sunday, her friends came over and they played basketball for several hours.
Then it was Labor Day, you know, the extra day off that Kayla was so looking forward to. But Kayla was awakened early that morning by her dad. He told Kayla that in honor of Labor Day, the family would be cleaning both inside and outside the house. Kayla couldn’t believe it. This was a holiday. A day when she was supposed to be enjoying freshly squeezed lemonade while playing in her tree house. As Kayla wiped here yes, she began to wonder if this was just a bad dream.
“Kayla, your breakfast is ready. We have a lot of work to do today. Let’s get a move on,” said Kayla’s mom. As she sat down at the kitchen table, Kayla asked her parents，
“Are you serious about working today? Isn’t Labor Day a holiday?”
“Yes, Kayla. It is,” replied her dad. “But your mom and I thought working hard today would make you appreciate why Labor Day was observed in the first place.”
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At first Kayla felt disappointed at her parents’ plan for the holiday.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________But things began to change as she was doing the chores.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . On Thursday morning, Cathy Brennan sat on a sofa at the Washington sailing Marina in Alexandria preparing to start her nine-and-a-half-foot kayak (皮艇) on day 25 of the journey. The Mississippi is on her wish list. What she had prepared were simple: sleeping bag, small tent, rain jacket, change of clothes, first aid kit. Apples, granola bars, cheese sticks. When she’s thirsty, she scoops water from the rivers and pumps it through a filter (过滤器). “I always drink the river,’’ she says.
Every few days Brennan will find a hotel for the night where she can get a shower and eat a cheeseburger. She’ll check in with her husband John, who has helped her select the river and research the trips at their new Jersey home. “He’s my virtual Sherpa (牧羊人) with benefits,’’ Brennan says, laughing. But most of her time is paddling on the river or camping on its banks. She has a phone with her but hardly calls or texts anyone. Her husband and her grown children can keep track of her via the transponder (应答器) that sends them her location every 10 minutes or so.
Brennan knows that solo kayaking is not for everyone and she’s not careless. Brennan grew up on a lake and was a strong swimmer and boater from an early age. She moved around rough rapids and watches the weather carefully. Brennan is careful about where she camps and who is around her. She has packed up her equipment and headed back out on the river when she has felt unsafe.
However, she persists because she loves being on the rivers, seeing the bald eagles above, deer on the banks and a fascinating number of bugs and insects that never find their way into homes and offices. She wants others to see that, too, especially women. “Women, I think, are unreasonably afraid about being alone,” she said. “Sometimes people think kayaking alone is so dangerous. And I tell them in my imagination, that is far more dangerous than what I do.”
1. How can we describe Brennan’s kayak trip according to the passage?| A．easily-achieved | B．heavily-cost |
| C．widely-known | D．simply-prepared |
| A．Her husband keeps track of her |
| B．Her husband accompanies her on the river |
| C．Her husband provides a lot of support and help |
| D．Her husband always contacts her with calls and texts |
| A．It is acceptable of a woman to be afraid of being alone |
| B．It is hard to estimate how dangerous kayaking is |
| C．It is her hope that more women can enjoy the adventure of kayaking |
| D．Kayaking is suitable for everyone to take part in |
| A．generous and determined | B．dependent and careful |
| C．curious and warm-hearted | D．confident and outgoing |
5 . In the dead of winter, a small village in a valley found itself in extremely low temperature.
The townspeople huddled (蜷缩) in their homes, protecting themselves against the cold wind and never-ending snowfall.
In the middle of this, a young woman named Lily was snowbound in her cozy cottage, feeling like a prisoner.
Frustration began to settle in, but then Lily decided to make the best of the situation. With a determined spirit, she welcomed the idea of breaking the ice with her neighbors.
Lily began inviting people in her village to her cottage. She hoped a welcoming atmosphere would create some warmth among people. The villagers accepted her invitations, curious to see what Lily had planned.
As the guests came and went, Lily’s home became a place of laughter and joy. Lily’s enthusiasm (热情) helped to melt the icy walls that had formed between people. They shared stories and played games, putting their worries on ice for a while.
Little did they know that their gatherings would have a snowball effect. Word of the heartwarming occasions spread throughout the valley to other villages. Soon other homes became retreats from the cold, with families gathering to enjoy one another’s company.
Villagers realized that the true beauty of winter wasn’t its frosty white snow. It was the opportunity to come together and support one another. They had only scratched the surface of the friendships that awaited them.
Days turned into weeks, and Lily’s cottage was snowed under with laughter and love. People found comfort in sharing meals, stories and dreams. The cold light of day seemed less daunting (令人生畏的) when they faced it together.
The villagers learned that human connection could warm a very cold heart. And so, the valley’s villages seemed better than ever from the cold. Everyone learned that there was power in uniting. They had created a world where warmth and compassion shone through in the darkest winter nights.
1. What is “snowball effect” according to the author?| A．The weather is getting colder and colder. |
| B．There were fewer and fewer people in the village. |
| C．More and more people came together and supported one another. |
| D．The snowball is getting larger and larger. |
| A．Lily began inviting people to her cottage because she felt too cold to stay alone. |
| B．Villagers went to Lily’s cottage to help her remove the ice. |
| C．People from other villages came to Lily’s village to exchange strategies for winter. |
| D．The relationship between villagers would become much better after the winter. |
| A．Over and Under the Snow. |
| B．Cold Winter, Warm Hearts. |
| C．Winter Comes. |
| D．Winter People. |
| A．The early bird catches the worm. |
| B．Always prepare for a rainy day. |
| C．Time reveals a person’s character. |
| D．Great things may be done by mass efforts. |
In my high school years, I tried not to be anybody’s best friend and avoid going to birthday parties or weekend trips with my peers (同龄人). That was not because I was too shy but because I couldn’t afford the expenses. My parents did odd jobs to support the family and our income was low and unstable. As the oldest of the three kids in my family I had started to take part-time jobs on weekends and during vacations to help improve the family economic conditions. However, in my heart I did have a best friend, Joseph. I never said that to him and I guessed he didn’t know it.
Joseph came from a very different family from mine. His parents were both senior executives (管理人员) of high-tech companies, who provided him with the best of everything and he had many friends around him. We did school projects together, had discussions about interesting topics and enjoyed our time together. But I never joined him in anything outside the school. I liked him but I knew I didn’t have much to offer.
I had decided to go to college after graduation from high school, so I needed to have excellent academic performance in all subjects to be qualified for scholarships. I worked hard and was doing well in everything except math. I knew math was important to me but there seemed to be no way out. I was struggling when Joseph came to my help. He was considered one of the smart boys by the math teacher, who gave us monthly tests and awarded best performance with chocolates and best progress with Skittles (彩虹糖).
Joseph was a frequent holder of the best performance award. I appreciated his help because he had great ways to get me thinking and guide me to solve problems. I was making progress in math and Joseph knew it. He encouraged me to go for best progress award first and then best performance.
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Those awards seemed really big goals for me, but I decided to go all out.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Three months later, my first goal was achieved.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Netizens have praised Yu Tiantian from Zhengzhou, Henan province, for insisting on dancing for 15 years despite having a hearing disability from birth. Born in the 1990s, Yu’s world
However, like any other girl, Yu has a natural love for beauty.
After entering university, Yu has found her own pace and danced with all her heart. She and her roommates won first prize in a dance competition.
8 . It began in November 2016, when Hinton, then 17, got a text message from an
“Grandma? Can I have your
Hinton wrote back, “You’re not my grandma,”
Dench replied: “Of course you can. That’s what grandmas do. Feed everyone.” Hinton soon realized her
Every year since then, the two friends and their families have gathered together for an annual Thanksgiving meal, and this year will be no
Although Dench was
| A．unusual | B．reliable | C．unknown | D．official |
| A．name | B．picture | C．address | D．number |
| A．adding | B．demanding | C．misusing | D．perceiving |
| A．plate | B．message | C．smile | D．hand |
| A．regular | B．generous | C．mistaken | D．superb |
| A．interesting | B．formal | C．artificial | D．genuine |
| A．promise | B．tradition | C．offer | D．help |
| A．evidently | B．plainly | C．originally | D．merely |
| A．answer | B．exception | C．surprise | D．time |
| A．updates | B．jobs | C．stories | D．dialogues |
| A．explained | B．realized | C．inquired | D．confirmed |
| A．live on | B．come back | C．stand out | D．catch on |
| A．anxious | B．embarrassed | C．disappointed | D．curious |
| A．proud | B．convinced | C．anxious | D．thankful |
| A．company | B．blood | C．support | D．pose |
9 . Thanksgiving was just around the corner. The menu(菜谱)had been set. The shopping list was made
The day before thanksgiving my dad called a family meeting. He said we needed to practice being
The next morning, we got up
However, those thoughts soon
Through this experience , I learned that Thanksgiving is a time to think about your blessing(祝福)and look for ways to bless others. When I gave up what I had wanted, I discovered how much I have. It is much better to
| A．something | B．Everything | C．Nothing | D．Anything |
| A．wait | B．care | C．understand | D．help |
| A．creative | B．nervous | C．thankful | D．careful |
| A．rush out | B．help out | C．check out | D．put out |
| A．early | B．late | C．suddenly | D．slowly |
| A．excited | B．good | C．down | D．interested |
| A．appeared | B．raised | C．rose | D．disappeared |
| A．stress | B．joy | C．fear | D．happy |
| A．get | B．take | C．waste | D．give |
| A．uncomfortable | B．unreasonable | C．unforgettable | D．uneasy |
10 . An old man walked slowly into a restaurant with his cane (拐杖). His old jacket and shoes made him unusual that day.
A young waitress named Mary watched him move towards a table by the window. She ran over to him, and said with a smile, “Here, sir. Let me give you a hand.” Without saying a word, he gave her a smile. She pulled the chair away from the table and helped him sit down. Then she put his cane against the table so that he could reach it. In a soft, clear voice, he said, “Thank you, miss.”
“You’re welcome, sir,” she replied. “I’ll be back in a moment, and if you need anything, just wave at me!”
After he had finished a good meal. Mary brought him the change. She handed him his cane, and walked with him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, “Come back and see us, sir!” The old man turned around and smiled.
When Mary went to clean his table, she was shocked. Under the plate, she found a business card, a 100-dollar bill and a note. The note said, “Dear Mary, I respect (尊敬) you very much, and you respect yourself, too. It shows the way you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness.” In fact, the old man was the owner of the restaurant. That was the first time that she, or any of his waitresses, had seen him.
1. The old man looked| A．young | B．handsome | C．unusual | D．common |
| A．politely | B．slowly | C．sadly | D．angrily |
| A．ring the bell | B．wave at her | C．shout at her | D．phone her |
| A．on the chair | B．on the ground | C．under the bowl | D．under the plate |
| A．Mary’s father | B．Mary’s neighbour |
| C．the boss of the restaurant | D．a waiter of the restaurant |
